Contribution to the study of mountain-subalpine grassland vegetation of Mount Menikion, north eastern Greece

Karagiannakidou, V.

doi:10.3406/ecmed.1994.1743

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“…it is interesting to emphasize that the grasslands on the high mountains of SE Europe, although similar to the alpine ones (in ecological, physiognomic and floristic aspects) have to be studied separately, due to the large contribution made by Balkan species to the flora (cf. HORVAT et al 1974;KARAGIANNAKIDOU 1991KARAGIANNAKIDOU , 1993 A c k n o w l e d g e m e n t s IX.…”

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Floristic and phytogeographical research on the upper montane and the subalpine grassland flora of East Macedonia, Greece

Karagiannakidou¹,

Konstantinou²,

Papademetriou³

1995

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The vascular flora of subalpine and upper montane grasslands of Mts Menikion, Pangeon, Falakron, Orvilos in E Macedonia was investigated. A list of 547 taxa, which are classified to 59 families, 225 genera, 401 species and 146 subspecies, is presented. The majority of the taxa are hemicryptophytes (66.4%). The chamarphytes are also highly represented (16%), though to a much lesser extent. On the basis of duration of life, perennial herbs predominate. As far as it concerns the chorological distribution of the taxa, a remarkable dominance of the “northern”‐in a wide sense‐with an abundance of Balkan endemics is observed.

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Floristic and phytogeographical research on the upper montane and the subalpine grassland flora of East Macedonia, Greece

Karagiannakidou¹,

Konstantinou²,

Papademetriou³

1995

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“…For each relevé, the data on latitude and elevation (a.s.l.) were collected (sources: Chochliouros, ; Karagiannakidou, ; Karagiannakidou, Dimopoulos, & Papademetriou, 2001; Karakiev & Tzonev, ; Lakušić, ; Maroulis & Georgiadis, ; Micevski, ; Quézel, , 1967, 1973; Rajevski, ; Ranđelović, ; Redžić, Lakušić, Muratspahić, & Barudanović, 1995; Simon, ).…”

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Syntaxonomy and biogeography of dry grasslands on calcareous substrates in the central and southern Balkans

Matevski

Čarni

Ćušterevska

et al. 2018

Applied Vegetation Science

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Questions: Which major syntaxa of dry grasslands supported by carbonate bedrock occur in the central and southern Balkans? What is their position along major ecological gradients and in the context of phytogeographic patterns of the region?Location: Central and southern Balkans, including western Bulgaria, northern Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia (FYROM) and Serbia. Methods:We compiled a matrix of 660 relevés of dry grasslands over lime-rich bedrock, previously classified in the Festuco-Brometea. We applied clustering techniques to classify separately synoptic and relevé data, and applied NMDS with passive projection of indicator values, climatic data and biogeographic geo-elements onto ordination diagrams to assist interpretation of the syntaxonomic patterns. We constructed elevation distribution profiles for alliances and classes of grasslands of several grassland classes from a broader study area to elucidate the relationship of the elevational sorting of the syntaxa in relation to latitude. Results: The analysis revealed six major vegetation types, classified into four orders: (1) Stipo pulcherrimae-Festucetalia pallentis, incl. (sub)montane rocky steppic grasslands of the Saturejion montanae of central Balkans, and the Koelerio-Festucion dalmaticae -submontane rocky grasslands of southern Serbia and Kosovo; (2) Astragalo onobrychidis-Potentilletalia represented by the Saturejo-Thymion (low-elevation steppic grasslands of southern Balkans); (3) Festucetalia valesiacae represented by grasslands on deep soil and low elevation of northern Greece, and finally (4) high-elevation rocky grasslands of southern Balkans, classified as a new alliance -Diantho haematocalycis-Festucion hirtovaginatae, that might belong to a new, yet undescribed, syntaxonomic order. Ordination suggests that the major differentiation of the high-rank syntaxa follows north-south geographic and low-high elevation gradients. Conclusions: Because of the transitional biogeographic position of the studied region, as well as considerable large elevation span across latitudes, the diversity of vegetation types is high. The indication a putative new dry grassland order, the midhigh altitudes of the southern Balkans points to a need to re-assess the Balkan vegetation occupying the community niche between the low-elevation dry grasslands (Festuco-Brometea) and those typical of high elevations (Elyno-Seslerietea and Daphno-Festucetea), seeking parallels to patterns described from the western Alps, Pyrenees, | 489

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“…This type of vegetation, occurring in the several mountain ranges of the Mediterranean area, was studied previously by several authors, using the phytosociological sigmatist approach. In particular, object of these researches regarded the pulvinar orophilous vegetation of several massifs, as: Sierra Nevada in southern Spain [20], Atlas Mountains in North Africa [21], as well as many high mountains of Corsica [22,23], Sardinia [2,24,25], Sicily [2,[26][27][28][29][30][31], Calabria in southern Italy [32][33][34], Greece [35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44], Crete [45,46], Anatolia [47][48][49][50], and Cyprus [51].…”

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Contribution to the Orophilous Cushion-Like Vegetation of Central-Southern and Insular Greece

Musarella

Brullo

Galdo

2020

Plants

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The results of a phytosociological investigation regarding the orophilous cushion-like vegetation occurring in the top of the high mountains of central-southern Greece and in some Ionian (Lefkas, Cephalonia) and Aegean Islands (Euboea, Samos, Lesvos, Chios and Thassos) are provided. Based on 680 phytosociological relevès (460 unpublished and 220 from literature), a new syntaxonomical arrangement is proposed with the description of a new class, including two new orders, eight new alliances, and several associations (many of them new). Compared to the previous hierarchical framework usually followed in the literature, this study provides a more realistic and clear phytosociological characterization of this peculiar and archaic vegetation type, which is exclusive to the high mountains of the north-eastern Mediterranean. The new arrangement is mainly based on the phytogeographical role of the orophytes featuring this very specialized vegetation, which is essentially represented by endemics or rare species belonging to the ancient Mediterranean Tertiary flora. In addition, taxonomic research on the orophilous flora occurring in these plant communities allowed to identify six species new to science (i.e., Astragalus corinthiacus, Allium cremnophilum, A. cylleneum, A. orosamium, A. karvounis, and A. lefkadensis) and a new subspecies (i.e., Allium hirtovaginatum subsp. samium), and two new combinations (i.e., Astragalus rumelicus subsp. euboicus and subsp. taygeticus) are proposed.

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Contribution to the study of mountain-subalpine grassland vegetation of Mount Menikion, north eastern Greece

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Floristic and phytogeographical research on the upper montane and the subalpine grassland flora of East Macedonia, Greece

Floristic and phytogeographical research on the upper montane and the subalpine grassland flora of East Macedonia, Greece

Syntaxonomy and biogeography of dry grasslands on calcareous substrates in the central and southern Balkans

Contribution to the Orophilous Cushion-Like Vegetation of Central-Southern and Insular Greece

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